Bob McCarty Writes

Three days ago, I wrote a post, I’m Ready to Blog for Wal-Mart, in which I highlighted the apparent staffing largesse that exists within the Wal-Mart corporate infrastructure in the form of the retailer’s newly-relaunched blog, Check Out. Today, I learned my observations, which appear as an article at NowPublic.com, seemed to spark interest in [...]

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This morning, I stumbled upon Wal-Mart’s new blog, Check Out, which went live seven days ago. After a quick look around, I decided, for several good reasons, that I’m ready to drop everything and go to work as a Wal-Mart blogger. The first thing that sold me on the idea was the message contained in [...]

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Some folks these days think Wal-Mart is too big, too unfriendly to its workers and/or too reliant on cheap goods and services from China. Well, whether you like Wal-Mart or not, you have to admit one thing: the company makes money –- and lots of it! I’ve read Wal-Mart‘s even trying to get into banking, [...]

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“If you own Wal-Mart stock, you might want to consider selling it — NOW!”* I wrote those words, followed by a legal disclaimer*, in a “Note to readers” at the end of a Bob McCarty Writes post, Wal-Mart Adopts U.S. Approach to Border Security, yesterday. Today, a Financial Times article carries news that Bill and [...]

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I shop at my neighborhood Wal-Mart store at least once a week and have yet to join the liberal, anti-Wal-Mart chorus on issues such as labor practices and monopolistic business practices. Today, however, I must chime in with an observation: It appears the world’s largest retailer has adopted the federal government’s half-hearted approach to border [...]

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I like to think of myself as an idea guy who’s always on the verge of launching a multi-million-dollar product idea. Today, I’m going to share one of those ideas with you. This particular idea came to me one Saturday night while I was home alone, sittin’ on the throne, takin’ care of business and [...]

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